MORE NEW OFFICERS WELCOMED INTO RSIPF

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has welcomed more than 30 new police officers after completing their 20 weeks training.

Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirms this to local journalists in Honiara today.

Commissioner Prendergast says very soon the new officers will be deployed on two years probation around the country.

Meanwhile, the RSIPF also receive its new intake of 70 officers yesterday who will begin their 20 weeks training.

Commissioner Prendergast acknowledges that this development is crucial for the force.

“Just recognising yesterday we welcomed 39 new recruits or new police officers to the RSIPF with our recruit course completing 20 weeks of training so those officers will be deployed around the Solomon Islands and while they’re on probation for the next two years. I really welcome the addition to the Force. Interestingly yesterday we had another 70 recruits watching that ceremony who currently started their program so it goes well for the future of police force.”

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About SIBC

SIBC is a public service broadcaster which facilitates educational programs, recording and promotion of local music and the unity of diverse cultures in a scattered island nation.

History

The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation was established by an Act of Parliament - The Broadcasting Ordinance 1976.
It was established to provide a high quality broadcasting service, by radio, of a wide range of programs for the information, education and entertainment of all people living in the sovereign borders of the Independent State of Solomon Islands.Radio broadcasting was established by US military forces in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) during World War Two. In 1944, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) developed small, mediumwave stations at Lunga on Guadalcanal and Munda, New Georgia. These were designed to provide information and entertainment to the hundreds of thousands of US service personnel then based in the BSIP. The stations were part of the Mosquito Network, a loose network of similar AFRS stations stretching through the South-West Pacific, from Bougainville in the north to Auckland in the south, and including outlets in Espiritu Santo and Noumea.
As the Pacific war moved northwards, the AFRS stations closed and BSIP listeners returned to tuning to broadcast programmes from Australia or further afield for entertainment and information. In 1946, a rudimentary weekly half hour of news and service bulletins was established by the BSIP Administration. The service was transmitted from Honiara on regular inter-island radio frequencies using Government transmission equipment and soon developed a regular following.
By 1952, the broadcasts were on a much stronger footing and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service (SIBS), an arm of the Government, was established. In 1976, new legislation converted the SIBS into the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a totally independent public service broadcaster charged with providing national radio coverage and a full range of news, educational and entertainment services.
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Location

SIBC's headquarters are located at Rove in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands.
Both Radio Happy Isles' and Wantok FM's studios are located at the headquarters.
Radio Happy Lagoon is located in Gizo, Western Province. It is currently broadcasting on FM after an earthquake damaged the AM infrastructure.
Radio Temotu is located in Lata in the Temotu Province. It is currently not broadcasting, but serves as an important communications link between the remote islands and the capital.